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KU’s Josh Jackson displays both sides of the one-and-done player

Even as upperclassmen continue to prosper, in many ways in college basketball the coin of the realm is the one-and-done recruit.

The coin has a flip side, though. The tantalizing opportunity also is a limited offer that comes with a few asterisks.

An absurd amount is expected in the fleeting time the player is around, and it’s doubtful he can fully mature in that span.

Which leads us to Kansas freshman Josh Jackson, who had a tremendous season for a KU team that wouldn’t have reached the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight without him.

But on Saturday at the Sprint Center, Jackson seemed off-kilter from seconds into the game and was a virtual non-factor until the final 10 minutes as the Jayhawks fell behind 18 points and were eliminated by Oregon 74-60.